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Confidence: Likely Updated 2026-05-21 Review by 2026-11-21 Sources 4 Machine-translated Original (JA)
#JapanFG#PSP#QR-payment#funds-transfer#code-payment
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This entry sits under payment-firms INDEX. Read it with GMO Payment Gateway and DG Financial Technology for PSP peer context, and with funds-transfer registry for the broader regulatory boundary.

Overview

Netstars Inc. is a QR / multi-cashless payment gateway operator whose StarPay service connects merchants with multiple payment brands. The company profile lists registration as a credit-card-number handling contract concluding operator and funds-transfer service provider; the FSA funds-transfer list records it as Director-General of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau 第00098号 with registration date 2025-03-19.

For FinWiki, Netstars is the specialist route for QR gateway aggregation, not a consumer wallet like PayPay or Merpay. It sits between merchants, payment brands, PSP risk controls, and cross-border code-payment acceptance.

1. Entity / License Boundary

ItemReading
Legal entityNetstars Inc.
Core serviceStarPay multi-cashless / QR payment gateway
Founded2009-02-12, per company profile
Main lanesQR payment gateway, PSP, merchant payment DX, global / inbound payment acceptance
Public registrationsCredit-card-number handling contract concluding operator; funds-transfer service provider, Director-General of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau 第00098号

2. Business Role

  • Netstars’ official profile says the company began QR code payment business in 2015 and deepens StarPay as a gateway connecting payments and businesses.
  • Its services page presents StarPay as a multi-cashless payment solution that integrates payment-service application and management.
  • The strategic value is merchant-side aggregation: one integration can connect multiple code-payment brands and settlement experiences.

3. Why This Standalone Page Matters

Japan code-payment competition is not only a fight among consumer apps. Merchant acceptance is mediated by gateways and PSPs such as Netstars, GMO-PG, SB Payment Service, and DGFT. Netstars deserves a standalone page because QR aggregation changes distribution power at the store edge.

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